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A Fatal Likeness (2013)

by Lynn Shepherd(Favorite Author)
3.32 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
0345532449 (ISBN13: 9780345532442)
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English
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Delacorte Press
series
Charles Maddox
review 1: Well. I read this all the way through. And kudos to the levels of research done by Shepherd, she worked hard to make this tale breathe. But I found it incredibly depressing. The Percy Shelly/Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly saga never seemed more ugly than as it is portrayed here. I actually felt exhausted by the end of the book at the number of dead children, and descriptions of Shelly's madness, and the portrayal of Mary's possible manipulations. This is just a fiction book, a mystery that uses real people as a backdrop, but it ended up changing my opinions about those real characters in several ways. And I am not sure I enjoyed the fictional detective Maddox enough to read any more of him, and his uncle. Will think about it.
review 2: I was not going to wri
... morete anything until I had looked up a biography of Shelley and Mary Godwin Stonewollcroft Shelley. But I found this so-called mystery so confusing. A detective, whose uncle is a detective, is hired to find some papers belonging to the poet Shelley's family. Everyone is so emotional and hysterical, I long for them all to go to an al-anon meeting. Was I reading current events or a flash back ? Did someone die, was it a murder or a suicide or a natural death? Do I care? less
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rose
Laborious and very strong accusations against major personalities in the book.
ojolly
Byron and the Shelleys and murder and mayhem, oh my. What's not to like?
obie
Pretty interesting mystery- historical fiction, with lots of intrigue.
mai
Too confusing and convoluted. Weird and distracting writing style.
toesisfroze
Wow, great fact(?)fiction story. Loved it.
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